Thursday, December 24, 2009

2010!

Almost time to sleep alr, gotta rest for tmr's malaysia trip from Christmas till New Year!
Seeing my aunt who got stomach cancer a few months back, hope she's well and recovering fast...

time passes too fast alr, one moment OP, now near New Year's already...
still got some maths and bio work undone...gotta admit that I played a lottt...lol

this holiday also gave me some time to reflect upon myself, and how i can do better...
lots of thoughts and considering here and there, so I hope my choices are right this time...
any unforeseen things and circumstances, bring 'em on and I'll see how to adapt to them then...

2010 is coming...so wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Enjoy while you can until slogging for As....lols...

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Steamboat

had steamboat at Zhen Fa Huo Hai Xian with Gabes, Grace, Gina, Cindy and Li Liang!
Despite so little ppl attending, the time spent was awesome!
Ate a lot of food, esp prawns....uhhh, gonna get sick of it....

Also, got a bloody incident with a stupid live prawn; it jumped when I placed in the soup, and it splashed some at one old aunty behind...and here come the hail...yeah...sheesh...
got scolded for nothing really, but should've just grabbed the prawn instead of holding its feelers, did that and shoved it into the soup...yep...
actually wanted to argue but what the hell man...don't wanna spoil the occasion...as well as not make a scene over a bloody prawn! somemore she even said never splash her then ok...wtf...then what about me huh
forget it, at least the man said never mind...they left soon after

minor incident over...back ta eating more lol...marshmallows were great, thanks li liang for the candy stick!
after that, went back home with liang and gabes; grace, cindy and gina took the EW line back
Talked to them along the way, and now home!

Pics on Fb, some epic! gotta sleep alr, more work to be done here...

AV Chalet

Had AV Chalet from the 14th to 16th!

Had BBQ on the first night, ate loads and drank some alcohol (John brought some and we bought beer at Fairprice) the hotdogs were so salty and didn't eat so much of it, too bloated XP
Played a board game Sequence on the next morning, long but also fun to play! Played with Jie Ying, Jie Han, Wen Long and Zi Kang

Had irregular sleeping hours for these two nights...was half-dead in the afternoon on the 2nd day, pool performance was rock bottom, only hit in 1 ball out of a few matches!
Still, the night cycling was epic! Started off at 10pm, cycled to Changi Village for dinner at 11pm, went thru ECP and passed by Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal...
Reached ECP and rested at the beach at about 2am plus till 3:30am
then set off back to Downtown East...we got lost! cycled thru the Changi Business Park and even reached Expo MRT station! Also lost balance at one point and made Charlene laugh like crazy hahas!
that was the part where we turned around down the slope, was toiling uphill before that lol...
cycled to Tampines, Simei and finally back to Chalet at 7am, where everyone slept immediately!
truly shagged, everyone, no or little sleep...9 hours of toil and sweat lol
Still, this night cycling was the first and longest ever! Gonna do that again?? course not lol...will consider

Pics on Fb! Thanks for the Chalet everyone! :)

Saturday, December 12, 2009

...zZz...

Going to sleep already...got stomach flu since yesterday!...stomach was feeling terrible with sudden bursts of pain everytime...

Went to watch Twilight: New Moon with Edwin and HQ...the storyline seems rather draggy to me, and the ending is way abrupt, sequel will obviously come out from the last sentence Edward Cullen said...dun want to spoil the movie for those who haven't watched yet lol

The storyline seems short if u sum it up, and it was lengthened by long moments of the characters looking at each other; well, personally, an ok movie for me, probably bcoz i didn't watch the first movie, and for those who want to look at hot guys, this movie's for ya hahas...

Had Movie Marathon at school!....watched Letters from Iwo Jima, and a Korean Movie called Scandal Makers...damn tired after the latter and it was 4:30am by then...

Played Bridge, and Asshole-Dai Di with the peeps who went for the ACID camp rehearsal!
Gonna post some pics taken while they were playing; there was a funny ending for one Bridge game between Amanda, Ee Hong, HJ and Gabes! Turned out that it was one against three (Amanda against the rest), with 12 to 2 sets lols!

Returned home at 8:30, then that's when the diarrhoea came...terribly...slept after that till 11am, woke up to release, slept again till 2pm, release, ate a bit, slept at 3:30, woke up at 7pm plus for dinner...tiring day for me...and gotta get well b4 AV Chalet on Monday!

Ok, time ta sleep already! Cyas...

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Metro SIF

Did Metro-SIF duty at Compass Point at Sengkang on the 1st of Dec...10 hours straight of asking ppl to donate! tired after that, felt like sleeping when I reached home...

Don't really like this job personally...don't know why, this kind of job is not appealing to me, I really look up to those ppl who have to put up with asking others to donate or receive flyers, have to be thick-skinned here...thumbs up for them!
Did both outside and inside Metro...outside had obviously more 'business' than inside, also felt weird to ask ppl who are shopping to donate while inside Metro...oh well, we all pulled through!

Went home with Wei Shun, Serene and Zi Le on MRT...talked and laughed hahas...

Now, I'm here, day-by-day playing and doing work...already getting a bit tired of com games already...also haveta train up for next year's NAPFA...dun want an additional month...let's aim for that this December! Can't wait for this Friday's Movie Marathon and next Monday's AV Chalet!...

Day 2 to enD!

Ok, gonna cut short the whole trip thing...too long to type and lazy hehes...well, that and actually, no time to recall all of them, so I'll just sum up everything...photos of Fb!

Went to Codrington Wind Farm to look at the wind turbines and understand more about it....after that, travelled back to Port Campbell to look at the beach and for lunch: Beef Burger and Chips!
Got some souvenirs, travelled 3 hours to Melbourne where we checked into our new hostel, Habitat HQ
Put down stuff, then walked to a park to have a BBQ dinner! The streets were a little empty, although we did notice lots of graffiti all around...and the place is a little..deserted and dark...
Nightlife along the road is rather quiet and all...not safe to be alone if u ask me, since we're in a foreign country...still, the cool night wind is deeply missed in Aussie, you won't get to experience that in S'pore!

Day 3:
Went to an office to listen to another company Pacific Hydro, which does huge projects in some countries around the world building facilities like dams for example, hence its name...renewable energy to be exact...
went to a shopping centre to buy souvenirs and lunch...had Chicken Brushetta and Chips! Lots of chips eaten for the past few days alr, getting sick of it XP...
the Chinese food there is ex ttm! one char siew rice costs AUD8.90!!! ridiculously high-priced if u compare the price back here hahas, evidently, the standard of living in Aussie is higher...can also imagine Europe being about similar level...
After that, went to a Solar Power Company, where we learned about how solar power is converted to electricity, as well as having an inverter to share power with ur neighbours. We also learned about the positioning of the roofs to achieve maximum solar energy absorption, and how the efficiency of solar panels are, and will be improved in the years to come...also found an Anti-Mosquito Guard contraption, hand-carry too like a keychain! didn't buy it though...
went back to hostel, got de-briefed and took a short rest b4 going back to Coles Market to get eggs for the following day's breakfast and groceries...then pizzas for dinner at a restaurant!
Walked past the beach for a great night view and the wind...they even have alcohol restrictions at the beach as well...wow...

Day4:
Spent the next two days mostly at Melbourne University...lots of pics taken and u guessed it..lectures! PhD , Physics, Renewable Energy....even saw a Particle Accelerator at the Physics Lab! hardly see one everyday!
had lunch at the uni for the first time ever...not too bad a place to be, different from S'porean schools hahas, like your American school cafeteria that is large and expands to many shops, spoiled for choice here...the serving was literally like a mini-mountain...had Yang Zhou Fried Rice there that costs AUD6.50...worth it as a matter of fact due to the huge portion given!
left the uni to Queen's Street where we were given the independence to get our own dinner...burger again for me at $17.60, accompanied with a drink, chips and sauce
went back to hostel, where jas and I had to type out the blog post for the whole trip, regarding today's events...slept rather late at 12 plus

Day 5:
Went back to Mel Uni, but to a different campus located further away...we had a lecture on green roofs and green walls, and we took a look at an example located at their office rooftop...
travelled to the larger campus where we went the day b4, more talks on Uni Courses here, and also had a lunch gathering with the S'porean students there! got to know a few people there, like Phyllis, Ray just to name a few...
Gone to Philip Island to see the Penguins there, learned about their behaviour, habitat and we also saw them moving back to their burrows from the sea...spectacular and unforgettable experience, those Little Penguins are cute! Relentless 12-inch creatures, they will always attempt to get back to their burrows whenever they are scared off by the seagulls, going back to sea and then returning...
Got more souvenirs and the wind was damn cold! Mr Wong even hid behind us as shields from the wind, and for me, my hands were cold too...
returned to melbourne at 11 plus, and slept at 2!

Last day:
Woke up late!!!...was late for breakfast so we had to rush down...too tired...
brought our luggage down and we went to the Market to buy stuff..bought nougats, items, chocolates...u name it...
made a quick lunch at a diner, burger again...
Went to the Melbourne Museum...huge place, got lots of exhibitions to see...Dinosaurs, Aboriginis, Human Body and Mind, Rainforests and Insect World...
Lastly, departed to Melbourne Airport and bid farewell to our coach driver Don...shopped for more stuff after checking in
The plane ride was okay, fell asleep during take off and watched 3 movies in a row...after that, the plane was filled with a baby's crying...Kwok Fong said he can join a singing contest alr lol, crying non-stop, got some powderful lungs and a throat lol...and bcoz of that, couldn't sleep lol...
Landed back at S'pore, bid farewell to the teachers and friends and back home! reached at 12plus, near 1am...

Yep, that's about all for the trip, summed up!
Photos on Fb once again! still uploading! back to a sea of homework tmr...haiz...

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Melbourne Day 1

Ok, finally have time to post on the Melbourne Trip...pardon the delay here...trying to recall the details here hehe

First Night/2nd Day:

Everyone met at Changi Airport Terminal 1, Row 1; checked in through the departure area, bid parents goodbye and off we went at around 11:25 SG time
Emirates was ok, seats still acceptable, although it was a bit uncomfortable, got big sized ppl sitting beside me so lol....




Reached Melbourne in the early morning at around 8:45am Aussie time...went up to coach, where we got to learn the driver's name, Don. Nice guy to begin with!...Jas couldn't really understand his accent, as he's got some heavy Brit accent with some Australian...and Jas even said I sound like him....cannot interpret what I say sometimes -.-...





Arrived at a small town, where we got some groceries for the trip....and gotta tell ya...the stuff there is way ex! One bottle of water (2 to 5 litres) can cost about AUD5 ++, around SGD6 or more! So were the provisions like biscuits etc



Pics taken b4 I got motion sickness... X_X

This is where the coach ride turned into a nightmare for me...the turning was horrendous and my motion sickness came back really badly! Almost puked but managed to 'hold out' in the end, thx Jas!


Lunch was another thing: Seafood Pasta! Sounds nice, but after the nightmare ride, really no appetite to eat alr, and the contents of it were: Cheese, more cheese, some seafood like prawns and clam (what I tasted) and some raw veggie with a minty taste...also gulped down some water after every bite (somewhat like ur Amazing Race Challenge with food that you never tasted before from another country)...actually, without the motion sickness, could've finished it cause it tasted weird to me...oh well...what a waste :'(

After that, more travelling!....but to a nice National Park, where a natural structure called the Twelve Apostles is at...near the coast...according to the guide, there are 8 left, 3 vanished with 1 recently eroded if I recall correctly...

The wind was really chilly since we were at the coast...made my face dry like anything sia....imagine smth stinging ur skin, that’s how the wind’s like...









Also saw a weird field opening with a near-regular shaped area, almost like a circle..crop circle? Even Mr Wong was puzzled hahas....




Got to another place where there was another structure called the Razorback...there’s a rather large indentation at the bottom of this rock due to the action of waves, causing erosion..



Then, it was a long ride to the hostel, good thing I slept, without knowing that Jas took some pics while I was catching forty winks...very funny.....


Ms Tan checking our room...

Reached our countryside hostel at around 7 in the evening and it was still quite bright...rooms were rather small...couldn’t even unpack our luggage inside! Had to do it outside instead, where there was a small space to do that...







Went to dinner at a nearby diner: Fish & Chips with a prawn! Now, that;s better hahas!...also took a look at the surroundings there, got a river just beside, so this town is like ur suburb, nice, slow-paced, peaceful, quiet...

Around 8:45pm...
Pic of Jupiter and the moon

Had our debrief at the lounge...also played pool b4 that lol! The balls are smaller than what we actually used!...and the cue ball is smaller than that...well, how we paid our money was rather unique! It’s inserting AUD3 into a special coin slot, where you position it correctly according to the size, then you push the lever in...this triggers the release of the balls inside the pool table, and you can play already! You can probably guess why the cue ball is smaller than the rest!


Slept at around 12:15am, whereas back in Sg, only 9 plus...still awake for the rest eh?? lol...

To be Continued!...3rd day in progress hahas!!!


Sunday, November 22, 2009

Trip to Melbourne

In a few more hours, going to Changi Airport for the Melbourne trip...
about 7.5 hours, should be reaching at around 8-9am Aussie timing...3 hours ahead at Melbourne...

All set, luggage....everything...only thing that slightly worries me is the take-off of the plane, the forces really affect my mind..gonna follow what my bro said, just lean back on the seat for a while till cruising altitude is reached...

Going with Jasper woo! luckily, also noe some of those going for the trip as well...
Also haveta get souvenirs for some of the class too (or whole class, should be the latter)!, lots of stuff to do there lol...
The extra cash can be used to buy, since we only need to settle 2 meals throughout the trip...just need time lol...

Before going, want to wish those re-taking the GP exam tmr a very Good Luck! You guys will really need it!

Also, wishing An An (24th), An Na (27th), Joan and Qian Mei (28th) an earlier happy birthday!
If possible, can send SMS on that day at Melbourne, provided enough money hahas...Ee Hong on 30th (what he said), so I wish u later lol (if u're reading this, but I doubt that lol)

Ok, gotta go soon alr, cyas on the 28th/29th (Depending on the flight touchdown)! :D

Friday, November 20, 2009

End of School!

It's the end of school already! This whole draggy week has finally passed and on to the holidays, accompanied with homework though...sian...

GP Workshop was quite boring in some days, but still attended to learn some stuff and to pass time...Received holiday assignments for the long break to complete, the December holis are a good month to do, recap as well as exercise for next year's NAPFA, training for NS already...gotta look ahead lahs...

Today's CIP was okays...talked a lot to HJ about some stuff, especially on the MW2 he got (All right! Finally someone whom I know plays it!)
Handed in the research for the Xi'an trip, hopefully the info works, as it was hard to find the exact info for Theme 2 in CSE...

Melbourne Trip this Sunday already! Time really passes too damn fast...gotta finish packing for it, and prepare my mind for the flight...the force applied to my brain during take-off affects my concentration by a lot...airsickness still there, but at least it was better than last time, where I didn't dare to even go to the toilet and remain seated throughout the flight. That's nuts, and fortunately, with the years passing, my mind seems to be able to withstand the forces better already, now more confident of eating meals onboard (didn't dare to even consume anything in the past when younger, due to fear of vomitting) and moving around instead of sleeping all the ways...all in the mind as my dad said...

That fear of vomitting was rather bad, as one time, I puked on my jeans and it practically stinked, what's more I did that after the plane touched down! That was in Bangkok, and I was also indirectly chased out by the services in a shop, due to the stench. "Bloody hell!" was all I thought...is that how you treat someone who's looking around? How wude...goodness man, but that's all in the past.

Gotta sleep soon already...and this week was okay I guess...well, yes and no...
Still bothered by something, seemed okay on one day, but changed thereafter...don't know what to say. All I can say to myself: Stop thinking so much about it already, it's almost over. Seems that attempts to thwart these thoughts are slowly working, but with painful flashbacks of memories.
Many say I think too much for others and hardly myself in the process, guess that's true. Truth to be told, I don't really care much about my own when the other party is having a hard time too, seems that as long as the other party is happy, then I feel all right too (Not entirely, just controlling it)
Time heals all wounds, but the scar is still there. Seriously wish next year would be better, please......; that's all I want and perhaps beg in the worst case....despise myself for thinking a lot sometimes...it distracts and wastes effort of even trying to forget about it...oh well, what to do...... Feel better after typing this... :(

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Did nothing except play MW2 today...

Got a terrible sinus that led to flu throughout the whole day once I woke up...gosh, extensive sneezing causes the muscles around my lungs to hurt a lot...even when breathing in shortly and deeply...

Hope this won't affect my health too much man...Melbourne trip is only a week away...obviously, vaccination didn't really remove my sinus...nose seemed fine for a week after the jab though, placebo effect?? lols...dunnooo...

ok, gotta sleep already...needa do work tmr...compensate for today's time of play...
also didn't exercise so as to not worsen the flu effects...too bad hahas...


zzzzzz....

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Currently awaiting to go to school to get promo results...damn...hope I can get promoted. No, hope everyone in S02 to get promoted! yeah!

We've been through a lot: PW, Chinese, etc...
Retaining does not look very good, but if so, then it's not much of a choice...

Well, we'll see at 10:45am hahas...
After that, going to watch 2012 with some of the class, Ee Hong for example lol..

Yesterday marked the end of the PW cycle, no more PW until the results next year! Now, we all have to focus on our other subjects alr...

bball-ed with Qm, Lr, Mayvin, Amanda, Belle, Gabes, Jasper and Ee
Zi Hao and Bryan came later, and they haven't played bball before, so it's a good experience when they tried

OGL interview as well, was ok, an informal one...whether or not I get accepted, it's still a win-win situation. If accepted, being an OGL is a very good experience and all....
If not, I can focus on my studies for As...see the two scenarios?

Well, I leave it up to next week's results....

Now, play MW2 for a while, before going off...cyas and 09S02 rocks! :)

Monday, November 9, 2009

Class BBQ

Woke up about 2 hours ago lol, was spending the night at the swimming pool with Ee Hong, Gabes and Jasper until 3:30am when i went off to sleep...
We were talking about some stuff about life and the universe for about 3 hours since 12:30am...

At around 4, they were chased out probably by a resident; was watching the whole incident, where the security guard let them out....couldn't do anything but observe from the living room...dang it, sorry guys!

The whole BBQ was fun and a success! Too much food ordered but still great!
Played cards and talked about stuff hahas...
Before that, in the afternoon, swam with the guys at 1, played games at my house until it was time to go down and set up
Pics on Fb by the girls...

Dunno what to do today except play...though not sure if I'm going out or not...doing I&R final tmr...

Friday, November 6, 2009

OP over!

Had OP today!...screwed up the Q&A part sia..

Qn was: What elements of your conservation can you apply to your daily settings?

That was really hard, especially with the stress when standing, thinking at the same time...

The assessor even told me that I didn't understand the qn, which yeah I didn't.
Luckily, they rephrased it that I can finally understand, but I doubt my answer was that good either...

Oh well, at least the presentation was much better...we all did our best! Splendid job group!
Even with the immense stress given, it turned out well too! We had our share of fun and late nights :D
Hope the others did well too! Still got I&R though...but no more As after that until next year!

Now, slack slack slack, until next week when lessons continue again....gotta do maths soon, improvement is really needed here...

Waiting for the guys to play DotA now....zzz, want to sleep already, hurry up!....

tmr, getting food for this sunday's barbeque...meeting the guys at IMM probably, gotta confirm again...

zzz...

Thursday, November 5, 2009

OP tmr!

Had a long week of OP preparations...and it will pay off tmr! Group also rehearsed again and again due to my transition...thank you so much for devoting time for this as well as really sorry for the screw-ups.

A level Chinese on the 2nd...paper 2 was quite challenging...hope everyone did well since it's over already...

Maths and Chem lectures as well...lucky they passed quickly...

Other than that, OP OP OP OP OP....

gotta stay calm, focused for this mega event lol...

sure hope it would be 万事俱备,只欠东风...but life's unpredictable...still, let's make that happen lol...tmr awaits!

Good luck to everyone for the subsequent and tmr's OP exams! :)




funny convo with the guys and Mr Ching...



Sometimes, or should I say most of the time, one's actions can mean another totally different thing to another person, probably reverse psychology in some cases to the latter. Not gonna describe further here, but seriously, sighs...

Sunday, November 1, 2009

As

Feel kinda happy and light-hearted today...don't know why...
perhaps something that I thought of has allowed me to focus better...

A level Chinese tmr....大家加油! 要再接再厉,集中精神...cannot do that too much, lest a mind blank tmr lol...

Feels different today...new month, new thoughts probably? well, 谋事在人,成事在天...要尽力的...

Life is unpredictable...surprise me? yeah...that's it...surprise me :)
People are interesting creatures to look at and think about, that's without any doubt...

Thursday, October 29, 2009

School's exhausting


Note the figure behind them lol















Some pics taken at URA




...IHG...


Finally, WR is handed in alr! Good job peeps, esp Cindy who also stayed up late too to touch up the WR b4 printing, as well as the rest of my PW peeps who took tremendous effort to do the WR! We all had our share of late nights and fatigue

Now, it's OP and I&R...worry about that next week...A Level Chinese on next Monday alr...

Hope I can still do better for OP, even with the positive comments the vendor gave...group did great this week!
The rest as well too, we all have improvements and know our mistakes alr, so work towards it!

Enjoyed pool for the whole week too! stayed back to play even though I had to go back early...well, gotta enjoy while I can!
also looking forward to tmr's CIP! Won't be late already, I promise.

Monopoly Mac stuff is the craze for some peeps in the class lol, aiming for the 50 grand prize lol...need Sentosa Cove, so Cindy encouraged us to eat more? lol

Ok...gonna revise a bit for Chinese before having an early night...dinner now...cyas...